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Hello everyone, I am a complete beginner looking to get involved in the forums and would welcome any C&C's I can get. I have just started a course at college and for the duration of it I'm only allowed to use the camera on manual settings, probably a good way to go while getting to grips with the concepts of exposure.
The image posted is the first one I've taken where I've managed to achieve the effect I was looking for. I've been out a few times playing about but nothing up to now has turned out. I'm quite happy with this picture but not particularly proud of it, I was just playing about trying to master the settings so any subject would do. I was going for a narrow depth of field, it was dark with only a lamp in the corner and the light from the TV, I wanted to capture that light (for a bit of a challenge) so no flash and I used a shutter speed of 0.8/ aperture of 3.5 (as low as my lens goes)/ and ISO was 800.
It might have been better had I moved the pile of stuff, but I couldn't be bothered to get up and I thought it would be a good indication of if I'd managed to blur out the background successfully so I chose to leave it in. Should have turned off the TV as well so no points for composition but I was wondering if I could have got the exposure any better?
It's a practice image and I kind of like it but I'm a total novice, I'd love to hear any opinions from a more trained eye shall we say. I won't be easily offended so please, don't hold back. I look forward to hearing from anyone.